part 1. The age of Grillparzer (1820-1850): chapter 1. Grillparzer -- chapter 2. Young Germany -- chapter 3. Old Germany -- chapter 4. The age of Heine? -- part 2. The age of Keller (1850-1880): chapter 1. Gottfried Keller -- chapter 2. The metaphysicals -- chapter 3. The critics -- chapter 4. The age of Wagner?